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VOLUME XII. GREENSBOROUGH, NORTH-CAROLINA, NOVEMBER 23. 1850. NUMBER 31.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
BY SWAIN AND SHERWOOD.
Price »'J.50 u year:
OR THKKF MUlMj IF Mir PAID WITHIN ONE MONTil
U I i-ii THE I" I I OF THE SUBSCRIPTION.
A failure on the pan of any customer In orderadis-coulinnance
within the«uhseriptioii year will he con-sidered
indicative ol bin wi*h lorontinue the paper.
""THE PATIUOT7
SOI XI) NORTHEB.N SENTIMENT.
Demi Swift • ml (hat narrow-soulcd p o Is
were like narrow-necked hnrles,—the litlle there
15 in (hem make* the btteper noise in coming oui.
This i« ilie case wiih sundry papers anil spoolers
at the North against ilie execution of the fugitive
slave law.
The standard exponents of public opinion
have not made pinch noise, hut ihey are making
themselves fttf. We give ex trans from two
papers of the highest character, in the North-east
and the NorthVAss ; and many more of the
same son might he given :
MOM TIH: INDIANA STATE JOIRNAL.
We understand that Mr. JULIAN IS addressing the
people ol his district on the subject ot the Fugitive
Slave Law. He if* said lobe much cxereised m spir-it,
wid is terribly severe on Mr. KILLMOHE and his
Cabinet. He sp<Ae at Newcastle tin Tthur-day
evening: addressed the gnat abolition meeting at
<'eutrev.lV 6n Saturday ; ami will address his friends
nt Liberty, in I'nion county, on Saturday The
Free-sod pMJMW nt CsfltfOvHlo, speaking of trie Cni-ou
meeting,says: '• We hop.- the people of all par-ties
will turn out. The Drills demand* agitation."
Here is n trauk, O:H-U avowal Agitation is to be
kept up against a law before its practical operation
is tested—agitation mi the subject of slavery, in all
its bearings. For what purpose f Not for the pur-
1-ose of eradicating the evils ot the institu'ion, but to
>eep the public mind in a state of tumult and ex-citement
tor their own selfish purpose: When
South Carolina attempted to resist the tariii law
these von men cried out treaaon. "Let them be
hungasblgfa us Hainan.'' Now they are doing
what they condemned in their neighbor*. The
Odious system ot protection oppressed the whole
people of that erratic and sensitive Stnte They
determrie I to ie*i*t. and that resistance was defeat*
•dosora tj be cor d.ation of Clay than the nerve
of Jackson. 1| ii was trtiaaoa to nuihfv a law of
doubtlulcoustiiutioiii.inv, ivlial i* it 10 re-i>t bj
..fined VB>|enue a law stnctiy coiistilulionsl' If one
was imasonj what name do you give to the olhsi!
|,fROHTMI BOSTON Mil v UWBansn,
•• We begin to observe in some «t rite ;<■" n Is al
lbs South, aa might hate been anueipaied, severe
comment* upon the apparem triumph >•! oppoaitj m
to legalautboritj in this <*uy. it iamuch to bo re-gretted
that 'he denmnstratfon of a determination t"
re«i*t the execution of process under the Fugitive
Slave Law, somewhat exaggerated in the acco nta
which haie appeared in various ijiiarters. together
with the aWttnal warrants known to have been is
sued hi the highest authority have not yet been ex-eeuted,
s\ d give so modi ground for loses com-ment*.
However plausible ma> bo ibe inferences
discreditable to our city which are drawn from the
facts as ihey are stated, it is premature to judge, from
the delays which have occurred, and the show of
msistaseOj when In fact none has been made, that
the law will not be executed There is no occasion
for precipitancy in meeting an iaSUS, *A which those
who know the people of the city of Boston cannot
dwet the result We have little fear that the lav
will be serioush resisted in Massachusetts, and, if
loreM\ resisted! ii will notwithstanding be surely
mini, f.^i •* *
THE PCGmVBS AM) BOSTON. WOMAN'S HHUITS CONVKNTION. OIIKHIKNTK TO F.AW
Ii ia sialeil by oul Muslim riirrcs|Ninileiii lhal' A inmley a.»cniblafe of all colors, creeds anil We lia\e no fuilh in a man's patriotism or liu-
Crafts anil hla wife have sailed for Kiiglancl. The | aexea. WII lately held in Wnreeater. Mass. A- : manity, when he deliberately resists and reeom-newspapers
inform us that there haa been no dif- ; inong the reaolntions. the following give, an idea I mends olhera 10 resiat and break the laws of hia
Acuity in ilie way ol eieculing the law. Public ' of what these new-lights are driving al:— I coonlry. Ifa law la oppressi.e, let it be patient-maeflqp
of citizens, in large number., express i .. Resolved. That we will not cease ourendea- ' l.» borne until it can be repealed ; hut while it re-ihe
determination and the ability to enforce the „„rs ,o„cur0 wo,„all her polilieal, legal ami so- : mama a law—and it can only ao remain while I territory bounded by California. Oregon, New cent two. There were tTinii'avi "-'"--» '■"
law I here seems to have been no reason why | rial equality with man. until her proper sphere approved bv the majority—every good eitiSMi ia , Mexico, and what waa formerly termed ilie great' 1,474 coininunieani., of whom 109 were iiaive
ihe law should not have been executed : and yel ■ „ determined by what alone should determine | bound to live in either ae'tivo or passive obedience Western territory. It ia of sufficient dimensions Africans, convene,! Iron heatleniam T*enly
the warrant, tn the marshal a office were not, j,. her powers and capaciiies strengiheiied and I thereto. There are, in all co'inmunilies. a re-served,
and wc near ol no attempt having been | Irnnc,| hy an education in accordance with her : fanatical .pints, who boldly recommend resit
made to aerve them, and the fugitives have es-1 nature." lance to law in the name of religion. Now, re
caped "' K"«li,|ul- 1 Some vcrv amusing scenes took place during ll«'«>n w'' ll"l<J lo ,,e inseparable from good eitr
It may well be that two person, who managed , ,hp dp,,beralion, „,- ,„*, ,.„„„„, „,„^,y^ wf : zen -hip | and. H no good s.tlz.n will preach „,
IT4II.
The whole character of the Terrihirv of t'tah
ia singular. Its situation is unlike that of any
other section of North America—its origin and
the manner of ila settlement no less strange. The
name of I 1 \n ii giveu now lo a large extent of
and eligible to office, and some of them hold of-fice.
In 181.1 when the last census was Ijken, there
were in Liberia, 10 schools wiih 862 scholars.
Of these, 100 were chijdien of native parents ;
1 there were sume of them in every school ex-lobe
separaird into several .Stales, pnxidetl in; of Ihe churthet had n , members
fuiure ages ila population shall warrant il. Hut
many par'.s of it so partake of a peculiar con-struction
as to render it. lor ihe present at least.
uninhabitable. Passes.through prrcipiinusmonu-lo
escape Iron, a plantation in t.eorgia. an pass . ntnrt fnme „f „,„ , ■ f ., ..„„,._„.., resistance In the solmnly enaete I law of the land. lama, whose tops are covered with snow, and
unarrened through the intervening slavetill they „r the reader : it follows, that no man whoso preaches resis-, whose sides are bill rocks, exist, it is true, but
penciled the'free Stales, were able lo elude the
vigilance ol the marahal, and to elTect their es-cape
in hia despite. But the public have a right
to expect some more salisractorv account ilnn
haa >el appeared of the reasons which have pre
fin, e that tune, the civilized population lias more
than doubled, and schools, churches, and mem-bers
of both, have increased ; l,ul we |„,e llo
precise account of ihciu. We know, however.
that two high schools have beeuesiablished. and
that the churches have received large accessions
vemed the execution ol the process, and which ,« ",r '"<""•»"'«' <n™l" <"e;n. " ».
have caused ihe seeming neglect of hi. duly bv | ,,,e «""'" '• ■•1"" U" *• «»"'1"- «
.he marshal or the district. | .;ur right. ; and .he right .0 revol,. a»d,.
Sauce f
We have
d our ra-
If we can place anv reliance on ihe most relia-, ll,'r' »gai»»« King Oeorge the Tl.ird-thc right
l,le journal, of Bjsloii. there is a detcrmina.,.,,, '" '"* "i1 "'."','"'" "*' '>''"' " ^"""'l
on the pan of her citizens ,0 uphold the execu- . f» "JJ1 I'«« J*.""»* *wM be commen,
.ions of .he law,. In our judgmen.. Ihe marshal r;;'1 ''.v ''l«™»"8 "»'" «*•■ logclbcr, and that
owes it lo the civ to which he belongs to explain ; M ",e "•"JfJ" '" '""''][ bfl
1*p''" "'
- 1,1 ■■■ ill 1 ■ «■ ' W«■•»•»•» «l»«-lill«i fi» il, ii!»li, ' anil ■ I 1 .%
the causes, whtrh will doiihllfM be satisiaetnrv
Ahby Kelly Foster—I do not talk of woman's ' W^' ran P,th" he a *ond clUzeo "r a c,iris,ian- i *f "^ nmstly narrow valleys of the most and j both hy emigration, and as the frail of rsvirals
rights, but of hum .n ritflits, the rights of human i . r °ur V* W9 nevPr con«ldB«'<l :' "^^ ^c\\- j a»«-' "lerile kind, their surfirea covered with in- and misaioiury labors among the heathen,
beings. 1 do not come to .,-k them hut to de- g'°" worlh a "'raw, if it did not leach him a pro- ; mislalious ol bitter salt, and their whole vegela- j The exports are estimaletl at MOO.O'OOannoal-mand
them; not to gel down on my knoet and 1 Sf "fc*™ -r*'r the » powers that h.-;" lor. in obe-. "">" ■ g"«nt species of aafO, of no earthly use hut ] ly. and the irnporU, prohablv, about the same.
^ dience to law, we recognize the only receptacle |° be consumed as fuel. |,, ihe midst of these This, however, must include a Ln-c amount of
in a man's mind forohedienc to God.—Arthur's ,r> inountaiiis, through which there is no access 1 irregular trade at places where there arc no ports
Home Gazette. but by these paattM, ami in summer and choked ' of entry, for want of merchants to conduct husi.
»>* "''ow ,l,r "W months of the year, lies a tract! ness there—African lUpositoru.
of land, elevated some four or five thousand feet • ■
beg for them, but to claim then
thai have prevented him from the discharge of
his duty before the final escape of the fugitives.
tt'unhin^ton Jhjiubtic.
Till". "SOUTHERN PRES8.'1
The LfHlMvillo Journal thus "pitches into"
the Qutker editor of the Southern PrOM :
If ihe editor of the WaabJQfflon Soulherii
Press desires tu have a personal controversy with
us. we shrill i,,ke great pleasure tu acconunndit-ing
him. We premise him in ..li.ance. ho« i i er.
that we shall not spare him. We shall show
him up from 'he lima in which he fancied him*
self a poet ;iutl wrote verv silly rhymes to ver.
Pllll ti.,1- tn the period when, finding that t ver;
one was right 10 laughing at his literary preten-sions,
he abandoned literature and made hi- de-tail
m [.i-liiies. \\ e shall show him up as a des-pised
mid defeated irVmigbguOi from the tune
when he begged the Cincinnati Damneray year
after ys.ir to nominate him lor the Legislature
up to the period win n finding i|iai lbs I Doinoora-vy
loathed him. and. intensely anxinua IWnotorie-ty,
he came out mi his own bnolt as i eandiilala
snd wns defeated as no other luckless demagogue,
was ever before defeated. We shall show that.
when Ills efforts to succeed 81 a demagogue faihl.
he faun- out Dullifief ami pntfoeaod to despise the
people whom he hail preunusly flittered and
whohadiilready spilupon him and hit jireiensions.
We shall follow him froBUhfl lime When he was
so conscientious on the subject of African ■)■**•
ty thai a spoonful of tu^r /;. his cup of eoltec
would have poisoned (hut bOVOfagsj to his palate,
or a cotton shirt would hive been as latal to him
as the tunic of NeMUt was to Hercules, up to
Ilie lime wheHi slimulated hy a hope ol gain* he
eame mil us liek-opiitle foi Southern alai enoldera;
maintaining thai freedom is daatruelivo lo all
hoblcness in man, and that negro ila very is the
hniy inaiitutinn untler which the virtiu ■■ gnaw and
(•rotluce their genial fruits. We shall give our
•ketches with nice details of pecuniary opeio-tiotM
which wi>l exhibit the ITnancial skill of the
rditor as being lullv as remarkable AS any quail*
*y he posaoses. In line, we tlutJI prove thai
the univenal verdict ol tho'-e who know him
best is true, and thai he is what they rcgan! bfm,
namely, a man thoroughly h.inkrupl in priori-pies
and the mofI mathchless of hypocrites. If
be want! a coniroversy of th's sort wiih us, we
shall take great pleasure in gratilring him. Now
just
" Whiatlo and I'll come lo you, my lad."
Southern Cotton factories, are aiopnihg as
wr!| -- those at the North. The reason assign-ed
ts III I cotton ii too high tojusntV their buying
n nut sumo ol the papers there think il rather
strange dial ractoWea where <•-, i isArst sold arc
not aide to buy it, while those in Europe are.
*itb me Boaiof Iransporuunn, reahlpmeota, etc.,
added. (Miey account foi it in the foci ihat there
i. not variety enough among the Soudiern cotton
rectories, ihe factories ha- big IN I n emplov, d . „-
ureiy m making eonrse oiton doth., the markal
fcir rhiejih ,.u..cn full** mpplicl,
| woman should he abolished, and that a woman
was just as well qualified lo be President as a
man. [Applause]
Charles (*. Uiirleigh next took the roalram.
He did not exactly agree with Mrs Abby Fos-ter,
that the sexes should he dispensed with in
PKESIDKNT ni.I.MORK the reorganization of society. He thought the
The President, wc see, is a target for the most two sexes were ihllerciil. and that man and w<>-
malignan'. abuse of the aboliiinniits of the North, j man were sexes in soul as well as in body, lie,
The greal crime he has perpetrated is his refusal i however, agreed that the restraints upon woman
to violate ihe oath which be has taken lo support, ought to be removed.
the Constitution and the l.rv-. If he would en- ] Wendell Phillips' convended that woman was
sconce hinwell under the shadow of the " higher largely responsible for her grievances. In the
law," and blacken his soul with the guilt of trea* marriage ceremony it is woman that declares sh
Inlereal of Money.
Prom a brief account in ihe April number of above the level of the sea, called the Uitt-vr IIASIN.
Hunt's Merchants* Magnzinc, relative to the o- J which furnishes the habitable part of ihe territo-
"Jj ; pinions and practice of civilized nations in res- ry. In different parts of this Basin the M«*r-
1 peci to the loaning of money, we gather the foi- mons have established their home, probably al
lowing facts. Among the (Jreeks the rates of in- firsl widi the idea that they would be cut oh*from
lerest were lelt almoal entirely free from legal all the rest of the world by the natural iliincul-interference.
In Koine, on the contrary public ^ tiei of the contiguous territory and the peculiar- ' formerly extended by this meeting, and who sub
sentiment seems to have been in favor ol legal I Sly of their situation. Here ihey expected to 1 •Oqoeillly removed from their residence at San-itiactments
against usury. Suetonius mentions form, in secrecy and in silence, the germs of a ' 'lusky. >" the Stale of Ohio, into the country be-that
Augustus stigmatized certain persons who . great, peculiar, religious empire ; but the stream ! NMaw the Missouri and Kansas rivers, had con-made
il a practice to borrow money at low rates pf California emigration discovered their trail and < eluded to relinmiisli their nationality, and to hold
and loan il at a higher. In too reign of Tiberius [ inundated their principality, and they are now i lMc'r property hereafter m severafitv; and fur-here
.was a general tumult on account of the i the open, exposed •• ha/f-way house" to the | ihermore had requested to he ndmiiied ascitizens
The Wyandots—The minutes of. the late
yearly meeting of Friends held nl Baltimore,
says :—• We have been informed from the In-dian
Hureau at Washington, that the W'vandot
tribe of Indians to whom some assistance was
son and perjury, he would at once be elevated by
the fanatics to an equality with I'red llouglass,
Guiding* and Sewora. We hope be will not die
of mortification thai he is compelled to go down
lo potterity in nompany with Clay, Webster.
Casat Dickinson and other amiiieu: patriots,
Richmond Republican.
Dr.J.
Medica
PUVPING A LAKK DRY.
V. C. Smith, tbo editor of the lioiton
Surgical Journal, who is now on a Visit
to Europe, cues an interesting description in his
editorial correspondence from Holland, ol the
manner In which the Like of Haarlem is being
drained by steam togine*, and its waters sent
lo the sea :
••Six miles from Amsterdam is |llG land lake
ol Haarlem. 'J I miles long by 11 in widlhi which.
300 years ago. was found lo be perceptibly in-creasing
by shooting its watora furth
love, honor am) obey
projndiee uf woman that were the greatest obel
clcs lo her rights.
Mn. Abbj Kelly Poster took up iho glove.
Woman is a slave, and is obedient in the pres-ence
of her master. Her whole 'if", and her
whole education was adapted to please him and
serve him like a slave Our only safety is to rc-huke
ihe oppressori snd to demand our rights.
I .n-- t. i \1..It—\l\ friend. Wemlall Phillips.
says that il is the woman in marriage who layi
thai she will ** love, honor* and obey." As I
understand il, the prietl says the words, anil she
mawcra "yea" [Laughter.) The nriealsaya
" love, honor and obey," Woman haa been
taught lo pin hei laith tn the sleeve of ihe priest.
Now, in our societyi ihere ia nothing of this: bul
perfect equality and reciprocity. It is all ihe re-sult
of education. Sometime ago, if a woman
could make a shirr, turn a pancake, and write
her name al her marriage,, she was educated.
Rut she is begining to understand that she is enti-nothing
more.
tster fhushaud
.. B -.■ - , — — "I'd* "-.
ther, and coveting up the land, threatening the UeJ *
first commercial port of the realm With obstruc Mr. Foaier [husband of Abby Ke
tionby flowing »• opoh its hanks. Various ungainly figure, mbigvv IJ.S.CM a«,l speciaeies ) . fl// o/. ;/fJl/A to bi made againai Ih.
schemes at that remote epoch were devised by tux. l-ok the platform. He proceeded to r.-n.,ik ■ M ^.,;,, M1„inilIlli„l-o;i,un|wt
av>le counsellors to stay ihe threatening danger.
Three Dutch engineers, of acknowledged ability,
proposed draining off the water, first raising it by
wind mills. They are entitled i<> remembrance
from having suggested the plan adopted in IM1>
for averting an impending calamity.
Several \ ears -.nice, d'lay being lio longer
safe, a can d WM tlug around the wnole cocnin-ference
of the lake—averaging200 reel En width,
bv Sen deep. Throe monaier engines are housed
on the sides of the I ike. s.nne six or eight miles
apart, each moving eight monstrous pmnpe, .:\!l
the pistons are ruined al once, at every revolu-tion
ol ihe machinery raiMng 15,000 gallons ol
water, which i1- eniptied into the canal, whence
ii ja hash ned -»■! by a fourth engine faater than
il would o hi i wlae move lo the Zindt r '/.••*, and
dius it reaches the sea, fifteen miles distant. In
April. I** III. the pumps, worked by three of the
mtghteal •"team engines peihaps ever conetruot-ed.
were set in motion, and up to this date, July
20th, have lowered the contents of the lake sev-en
feel. Il\ next April il is anticipated ihal the
bottom will be (airly exposed, and all the water
conveyed awaj from lhnancient baain. All thii
is executed at the expense of Uovernmerit."
that the question of woman's right to take ih
sword was irrevelant I0 ihe object of the meet-ing.
Alter a long rigmarole on woman hugging
her ebaina, be concluded by charging lhal the
■ulpii and St. Paul were responsible lor ihe en
pressure ol usury. In the lime of Pliny the
Younger, 12 per cent, per annum was apparent-ly
the usual demand. Finally the Kmperor Jus-tinian
made six per cenl. the ordinary ami legal
I HM0I "ml "?' ''!"'''""' '"'"""" "',^ T* '" '' "'I""'''1
I n t»»r ttie eonvavwiee of muiunaiimra ami mer-
I'liunts. and \'i to nautiral insurance; vinhitions
(if thrse rules being rgoioilllv puin.lictl.
The Jt'wirli law probibilw all usury between ' sjiring of lake in ilie
Jew an:l Jew. illhoogfa H was allnweil lietween ' Northern part of this It
Jew.anil loreiifiiers. The reanon of thisdlllino-tiuu,
■ cenrillnif to I-'alher AIIIIHMV«>. was, that
God detignfltl usury as one of the watt ol mo-king
war upon the Cina.nitM ami otherbe.th.0
nalions. The eanoii law, as it i* ralb-<1, |h.| is
the (•ei'lesiasiteal law, pronouneea ih. taking <>'.
interest. e\en the Inut, to he moral .in, ami uV-elares
those who ilelenil lb. praeiiee lo he here-tics.
The Jews were notfld for usurious ileal-ingsiM
early as the sixth Centura/* Th. tnon-
■reutol Buroptf when In want ol'money, would
practice the extromesi extortion am! cruelty a*
|ainal theui. tuiiuj the Jew. Maponfef to au.lt
up the money oflTteir suhjrcis, and tin n sipwez-iiiii
them into their own ceflera,
.Near Ihe begining of Ilie INlh century, llr.
Thomas Wilaoni Uiahopof Iho Isle ol Man. re
eouiimnileil ilie punishment of usury by death.
For my pan," says he, " I « ill wiah some /yi/r-
ISP li«ii r, I -.
rs ; for that
l'acific. | of Ihe United Staes. The committee appointed
This Sn.in ia some five hundred and sixt\ i lo'""at with them on the occasion, represented:
miles in diameter, has its own ay slum of lake's i' Thai the Wyandot people bu.eao fir advanced
and rivers, and has no known communication ln ei.illiatfoo as to he capable, generally. *>'
whaletcr with ihe sea, unless the existence ol the managing their own affairs, and nr" qualified and
wl|irll '" '" 'Ii" Salt Lake which are reported | calculated to beconienseful cilizeni—a large por-to
he lately discovered should prove an internal tionofihem being already engaged in ogrieullur-coniinunicatinn
with ihe Pacific or with some > n' pursuits.' In accordance with these view.,
lower country. In the ,nelr several requests were acceded to by Ihe
sis lies the (JREAT SALT government, and these Indiana have been adopted
I.AKK. The waters of this sheet r re shallow, so ' as citizens of the United States,
far as explored; though probahly ns central parts -----
will be found very deep Its waters are intense, j f;.;w »»»/.—The number of emigrant, to
ly sal., more so than the mean-three gallons the West from this section ol the country, with.
m .King one gall I the purest, whites'., and in ihe last six weeks, ha. been very great. If the
Sotilhea.i of this lake, shut in by tide of emigmt'on continues to flow on unclieck-li.
s the .!/,„/„„,, /W/ii/thaU-oii-ied, there will be but few left behind in a lew
tail.
the mourn
tains their capital city, by some ealled'the Great
Salt Lake Cilyi by others, ../,„•„,„„ Ctiu.
This valley is thirty miles by Iweiily-lwo, con-nected
lo another valley which ia about nfty
■nili. by eight. These two valh v» contai
principal body ol the sellers, to ihe iiuniber of
twenty thousand. Eiplorer. think that they are
rapahli ol supporting a population of a million.
Piflj mile, south of the city is the I'luli l.ukt
and Valley. Here lies the city of Peoro, on the
Provo river. The l..k
years.
II Norih Carolina and Virginia doifl do some
thing lor this seciion of (lod's crcafion, to .lay
the tide of .migration, a country once densely
lluj j populated will present lb. appearance ere long;
ol depopulation, The question arises, what can
-North Carolina do to keep the people in Mil. re-gion
al home—to render ihem satisfied and con-tented
with their Carolina homes I We aiurwei
give us a Kail Hrnd connection with the centra^
Rail Koad.—Milian Chronicle.
they deeerv. death much more than such men
doe. For iheee usurers deetroye and devour up.
not onlie whole lUmihes, hul also whole countries
and bring all folkc to beggary that haw- to ilo
,\ith them "
pure water, eight
mile, by four, and abounds in fish. There i. .
"M.,h"Ue,l7eV3"„>r where 'Ihe""'" *2t """"">' in ^^-rf-l., the vear ending
•^m^ -^\^^n 1 , T\"'' ' :"BI "' '»'-""''". I«<». there were in actual op-
The so,! o, 111',,'.?:. .....,„... i _:_..._-... I railrMd "i"'"'-1 in '"•»• 'I-"" "ravelled 03,8<1
ii guoil woman, and a mueli belter in an tlun her
eon George. She mid "I won't/1 and the com-pelled
them to leave ibat part nut.
Mr. Koflier (huiband to Abby Kelly)—Yea:
and there wai a lady ofaeventy yours old at din-ner
to-dav. who Hid when she cyme In the word
"obey." the dropped her llUtbund't hand.—
[Leughter.)—liirh, Disput 7i.
I interest. Hut extrava
gant rates are exacted In Mahommedan countriea
in violation of law. Sir J. Child auted that at quarter to the lo
ihe time when be wrote .the chide of the 17th each ten acre bli
A TIIRllXtsJC SCKXK.
The tiger scene deseri-ied below occurred at
Toronto a few dayi since :
" Aii affair occurred at our * ithibiiioii on 'I'lios*
day last ol the most intensely exeiling ami i*-r-ritie
deacription, and which, but for ihe intrepid*
it;, daring, and pretence ol Van Imbnrgh, would
eeriainly have resulted in the horrible death ol
our old rriendi Signor Hydralji*. The circuro* i
Itancei were an lollowt*: At about nine o'clock ;
Hydralgo went into a cage in which had hecr.
Disced our Ijrir*'»t panther, the lleii^.il tiger, the '
African lioness, the apotted leopard, a cougar, and
the hyena. The exhibition proceeded, and 11 v-dralgo
aeetned lo have the anlmala oompletelv
under hii QOOtrol, and the audience seemed to lie I
both delighted and inie'CBt'<d ai tbo daring of the
Tamer. The perl'ormaiice hnd progressed very i
nearly to its does, when, from aome unaecoun-'
table cause, the injcr becainefaulky, and refused
\v. Imp. lie "-truck him wnli a whip, which ao
anragod Iheforioua hessi that, breaking through
.ill dtacipline, ami with one bound and a yell of
fury that lernAod the audience, he rushed upon
Hydralgo, an I brought htm to the Aoof of (he
cajte. IJe could do nothing; he had lost all con-trol
over the brute. I'-.ery thing WM in confu-sion
; women fainted, others screamed in terror,
children cried, and ihe£men aecmed paraliiod.
It would have been all up with poor II. bad not
Van Amburgh, whowaaon the other side of the
arena, rushed to the spot, In an instant he was
in the OS -. and in less lime than it takes me to
writs it he had tho enragi d auim d under his fee.
in perfeel subjection, and roleaesd his friend fro in
his penlou. sltoalion* fortunately more frightetv
ed than hurt. Van Ainhurgh s pr<«ence of mm.',
his courage and Intrepidity, arc deserving ol all
praise, ^ he rect ived in three hearty cheers
ti.nn the audience. Tor ibe time- it lasted, a-boul
•»<• ',r direa minutes, h was the most #*Vi-tiug
scene ever witnessed." ,. ■ , ■*
We lake the following -er> sensible remarl,*
from the Mobile Register, * Democratic South-ern
paper, which went for the Nashville Conven-tion
anil gainst 'be Compromise. lie speaks
die words of soberness and truth, well worthy
the great and momentous subject :—.hhtvUtt
Mtisenaer,
century.) the rate of interest m Turkey
percent. A century later Mr. Bentha
.10 per cent, to he a common rate in ConstantIs
nople. Most of the United Stales have laws ol
a restrictive character respecting the interest of
I money. In New ^ ork the highest legal rate is
7 per cent. In Massachusetts and the other
The city is laid out in blocks of ten acres
each , eight tola to the block ; an acre and u
; the streets eiyht rods v, ide ;
k to be surrounded by a stream
New Emrland Stale . it is Ii per rent.
law ol
.is an brought down from the mountains. Ao froc
suns houtesfront each ot/ur ,• so that, standing in his
own door, every man look* into his neighbor's
garden. In the city are lour public squares, tn
be surrounded by shade trees, and supplied with
Tuebis the delightful place chosen by one of I * 10.000,000 sterling, or fl0.OOO.d0D\
the most peculi.tr religious secla which ehristeli- !
dom contains. Remote from ihe world, from I •' Woottcn Factory in Texas.—The first
the exercise of external tyranny, ami yet conneo- swollen factory in Texas is just going up on the
river. The proprie-the
coarse woollens,
The British Coal Mines.—Il is slafal, on
competent authority, lhal there arc upwards of
3000 coal mines in Great Britain, which employ
nearly 250,000 men, women, ami hoys. The
capital inyeated in working stock, Ac, exceeds
£80,000,000 Sterling or •ioO.OOO.OOO in value,
and ihe "I'd" of coal, at it ;s technically term-ed,
amounts l.>:il,0O0.O00 tOOSUSIlually, the es-timated
value of which al the '• pit's mouth" i*
In prac-intereal
is
is to cases
Hut ihe measures are upon us. The alterna-tive
of accession or resistance is a bitter one, but
il is better to bear the dis we have, than fly to
others that we know not of. We saw nothing in
secession to drive back the cordon "I Iree Stsies
that will, in process of time. Spring upon our
western frontier—nothing to bring back 10 us the
right ol colonizing B. Carolina with our negroes.
In short, we see 111 secession nothing vindicative
of Southern rights—nothing that will add one
Iota of additional security to our property in
slaves. When we talk of resistance we would
regard ii as a boms question—a question of po-licy
ami of duly. VVeowe it lo ourselves, n u-rowly
In examine our own minds, and see Ihat
1hoes feelings of resentment agamsi our wrong-doers,
which it is difficult lo suppress, find no
lodgment there, m deliberating upon a question
m which we have so momentous a concern. He
who advocates disunion should 1m prepared to
show some Stronger reasons lor il, than the abs-tract
rlglll to resist vviong. lie should be ready
to show futsily thai il can be made elleetivc, and
seooiidly thai 11 gives reasonable promise of s
remedy tor the gnsvanoas for wbion so direful a
lesort is invoked. It is not the part of a wise
statesman or politirniu to ad\ise resistance, be-cause
we have the power.
dee, however, as ail know, tin
nearly a dead letter among us. except
where the rate is stipulated. In Wisconsin a led to our greal empire. Its peculiar locality {hanka of ihe San Antonis
law has juat been p tssed (teeing Interest from "ill prove of immense service as a Slopping place IOW intend lo manufacture
tin usual limitation. Hoth branches of ihe |jeg- : for rest, refreshment, and pro. isions for the ar.uy which they will furnish ebsSpSf than they can
tslaturc have, bv decided majorities, enacted as of emigrants lhal will, year after year, seek Call- °* intDOrtOU, The San Alitonia and San .Marena
follows: "Seel. I. Any mis Of interest agreed j furuia or Oregon by the Southern Pass; and rivers abound wiih favorable Kites und an inex-greal
railway is established a will bntislible miantity o( water power.
is a great station
1/ Cmiriint.
upon by parties in contract -brill be legal and
In!. Sect. '£. When no rales ol inteiesl is agreed
upon or specified in a note or other contract, 7
per cent, per annum shall be the legal rate.**
From a letter from the Hon. W. W. Wick,
late member of Congress from Indiana, wa learn
that the usury laws having been repealed in that
Stale, their rersiablishnunt was called fur by an
irresistible opinion. The Aral stop was to fix
the rate ol Interest .<i 0 pet cent, and to sanction
contracts lor 10 per cent. In two or three yean
the taking of more ihau ti per cent was prohibi-ted.
»* The moral desolations/1 says Mr. Wick,
Mcreated by the absence of usury laws, will tell
upon any cnmmunil) to an extent almost infin-itely
beyond the mere ruin of estate."
when lb
prove uf incalculable benefit
house on the route.—Hartfbi
The coun-try
is admirably adapted lo the raising of sheep
All articles of food arc cheap, ihe climate mild,,
i and every thing is infarof ol the new enterprise.
A St. f-«iuis correspondent of fine of the papers
furnishes De fallowing incident:
The Hon. Thomas M. Ben ton arrived in town
a few days since, and immediately departed for
Jefferson city. II. 1 l>. It. Atehison is here,
aixl went on board the same 'boat on which .Mr.
Beulon bad taken, psaeage, intending to return to
his home in Clo) county i.but ihe clerk lidd him
that all Ihe !>" riL- une t iken but one, and lhal
was in lha stats room occupied b\ Mr. Uenton
"The devil 11 is !" sanl \tchison ;' ihcu 1 can't
eti with you. One steamboat could not hold
7Vif Law of Conscience,—Theodore Parker
has published, in Boston, a sermon on conscience
In this discourse Air. Porker lakes the ground,
that "if it he a wrong thing to hani,' a man, or to
bike his life except in self-defence and while in
imminent peril, ilieu it is not anv less a WIOBg
because men do it in their official character, in
compliance with their oath." Parker would el-ovals
the law ol conscience and ol God fbovej ail
human law. This would be verj well, were it
not thai a fallible human pidgiueul must always
claim to interpret what thai higher law is. We
•hould have, instead of one law, as many laws
as then wen dilleieiu'es in men's minds in re-gard
to ngiii and wring. In ever) society ibere
must he one rule as to ibe rights SOdoonUUCi ol
men. and the experience of ages has shown lhal
it is always ssfssl that this rule should be ordain-ed
by competent authority. It is cm
approve ol laws, another 10 obey them
in iv form uli.it opinions be pleases In
them'.bul aa long aa they have the
Mum liatlollcn »r Uberisu
TIIK Republic of Liberia, ns its boundaries are
defined by an act of it* legislature and acknowl-edgeil
by the principal governments of Europe,
is situ iled between Int. 4^ 4V and 03 -18* north,
and between Ion. H° H' and 11° 20* west. Its
length on the sea coast, from Grand Cape Mount
on the north-west, to Grand Sesterson the south-east,
is about 2*0 miles, snd its average width
about 10 miles* It contains about 12,830
square miles, or 8,211,200 acres, and is a
little larger than .Miissachnseiies and Connecticut
together. Il would give, therefore, more than
two acres each to every colored man, woman
and child in ihe United Slates and in Liberia, na-tives
included. Nearly all of it is fit for cultiva-tion,
and capable ol feeding as iinnv persons M
there are acres cultivated. Every lamily of emi-erants,
on arriving, receives a town lot, for mer-cantile
and mechanical busim -s, or a farm sutfi-
Otent lor the suppuil ol the family ; and public
lands can be bought lor a dollar an acre.
Since the passage of the net defining ibe houn-dar'es
of the Itepiihlic. other tnicis have been
purchased, ami negotiations arc in progress fiir
others still. These additions, when completed,
will bo about half as large as the country above
described j making, say, in roond numbers, a
total of 10,000 squan miles, l2.ooo.ooo scree,
As appears b\ comparing ihe census ol 18I.I,
with die numbers added Since that tune, the c-
Cheating^—The Newbtir^port Herald says
thai American easlor oil, formerly the best arti-cle
of ihe kind in the market, and in ilemaml foi
even fore*.jU sbipmeiil. has now become almost
unsaleable, owing lo its great adulteration by the
mixture of lard oil. The consequence is. lha'
large importations of rastor oil from the Essl In-dfes
have been recently inaiJc, and more of it is
on the way. Thus cheating in trade never pros-pers.
Six years ago there were but two vessels of
any kind on Lake Superior, and not more than
one or two while families could be found within
lour hundred miles fioiii the Saut to La Poiute.
Now there are three large piopc.lers, and six or
seen ^ail vessels. i"o::r li«ht-housts have been
erected by the Government, and several thousand
inhabitants are Scattered along the coast.
Give me the money that IMS been spent in
war, and I will purchase every foot of land upon
the globe. I will clothe every man, woman and
child in an alloc of wbloh kin«*s and queens
would I e proud. I will budd a sehool house on
every bill side, and In every vnui v over the
HO ih earth i 1 will build en-aesdemy in everv
town, and endow ii; n college in < aery Stats, and
fill u with- able professors'; I will frown: avory
hill with ■ pla f worship, consecrated to the
thing io migrant population, consisting of emancipated pronuilga'iou of the Gospel ofpeaeei I win sup-ni.
A man slaves am! Iree colored people from the United port in every pulpit an able tssshsr ol righleous-n
regard In States. Africans rescued from slave traoTirs, and ness, so that nn ever} Sabbath morning ihe
uthoriiy ol. iin ir descendants, is about 0,010. The whole chime on one bill sliou nswi io thechima oa
\'i lib* would you teach to save
', Ccai one a ! sot ,.»', i''-* * •
kins/ • t both ot us, up
- l*Us*e
■ ,, [ate room ' .*•
ilie law making power,- he must.submit Id Ihe population, including natives aobject to the laws
will of ins majority; or. if Ma conseilncs is too of the Republic, i» about 100,000. Many of
So the ' tender for submission, Ii ifltrs.— I'hUa- die natives have ba pomi in some degree rivtlized.
L/r/^A/n l,.'+r. Ifstts?vai hindr»<U or* limn *re voters at c|s lionii
another ruuiel the esrth's *l lu <ircuinferencc
and the voice of prayer, and he song ni preiee
should aaci ud .^r i ' Bj in Hen
ven.—ffufy* V/croits.
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VOLUME XII. GREENSBOROUGH, NORTH-CAROLINA, NOVEMBER 23. 1850. NUMBER 31.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
BY SWAIN AND SHERWOOD.
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""THE PATIUOT7
SOI XI) NORTHEB.N SENTIMENT.
Demi Swift • ml (hat narrow-soulcd p o Is
were like narrow-necked hnrles,—the litlle there
15 in (hem make* the btteper noise in coming oui.
This i« ilie case wiih sundry papers anil spoolers
at the North against ilie execution of the fugitive
slave law.
The standard exponents of public opinion
have not made pinch noise, hut ihey are making
themselves fttf. We give ex trans from two
papers of the highest character, in the North-east
and the NorthVAss ; and many more of the
same son might he given :
MOM TIH: INDIANA STATE JOIRNAL.
We understand that Mr. JULIAN IS addressing the
people ol his district on the subject ot the Fugitive
Slave Law. He if* said lobe much cxereised m spir-it,
wid is terribly severe on Mr. KILLMOHE and his
Cabinet. He speep the public mind in a state of tumult and ex-citement
tor their own selfish purpose: When
South Carolina attempted to resist the tariii law
these von men cried out treaaon. "Let them be
hungasblgfa us Hainan.'' Now they are doing
what they condemned in their neighbor*. The
Odious system ot protection oppressed the whole
people of that erratic and sensitive Stnte They
determrie I to ie*i*t. and that resistance was defeat*
•dosora tj be cor d.ation of Clay than the nerve
of Jackson. 1| ii was trtiaaoa to nuihfv a law of
doubtlulcoustiiutioiii.inv, ivlial i* it 10 re-i>t bj
..fined VB>|enue a law stnctiy coiistilulionsl' If one
was imasonj what name do you give to the olhsi!
|,fROHTMI BOSTON Mil v UWBansn,
•• We begin to observe in some «t rite ;•! oppoaitj m
to legalautboritj in this bo ibe inferences
discreditable to our city which are drawn from the
facts as ihey are stated, it is premature to judge, from
the delays which have occurred, and the show of
msistaseOj when In fact none has been made, that
the law will not be executed There is no occasion
for precipitancy in meeting an iaSUS, *A which those
who know the people of the city of Boston cannot
dwet the result We have little fear that the lav
will be serioush resisted in Massachusetts, and, if
loreM\ resisted! ii will notwithstanding be surely
mini, f.^i •* *
THE PCGmVBS AM) BOSTON. WOMAN'S HHUITS CONVKNTION. OIIKHIKNTK TO F.AW
Ii ia sialeil by oul Muslim riirrcs|Ninileiii lhal' A inmley a.»cniblafe of all colors, creeds anil We lia\e no fuilh in a man's patriotism or liu-
Crafts anil hla wife have sailed for Kiiglancl. The | aexea. WII lately held in Wnreeater. Mass. A- : manity, when he deliberately resists and reeom-newspapers
inform us that there haa been no dif- ; inong the reaolntions. the following give, an idea I mends olhera 10 resiat and break the laws of hia
Acuity in ilie way ol eieculing the law. Public ' of what these new-lights are driving al:— I coonlry. Ifa law la oppressi.e, let it be patient-maeflqp
of citizens, in large number., express i .. Resolved. That we will not cease ourendea- ' l.» borne until it can be repealed ; hut while it re-ihe
determination and the ability to enforce the „„rs ,o„cur0 wo,„all her polilieal, legal ami so- : mama a law—and it can only ao remain while I territory bounded by California. Oregon, New cent two. There were tTinii'avi "-'"--» '■"
law I here seems to have been no reason why | rial equality with man. until her proper sphere approved bv the majority—every good eitiSMi ia , Mexico, and what waa formerly termed ilie great' 1,474 coininunieani., of whom 109 were iiaive
ihe law should not have been executed : and yel ■ „ determined by what alone should determine | bound to live in either ae'tivo or passive obedience Western territory. It ia of sufficient dimensions Africans, convene,! Iron heatleniam T*enly
the warrant, tn the marshal a office were not, j,. her powers and capaciiies strengiheiied and I thereto. There are, in all co'inmunilies. a re-served,
and wc near ol no attempt having been | Irnnc,| hy an education in accordance with her : fanatical .pints, who boldly recommend resit
made to aerve them, and the fugitives have es-1 nature." lance to law in the name of religion. Now, re
caped "' K"«li,|ul- 1 Some vcrv amusing scenes took place during ll«'«>n w'' ll"lel appeared of the reasons which have pre
fin, e that tune, the civilized population lias more
than doubled, and schools, churches, and mem-bers
of both, have increased ; l,ul we |„,e llo
precise account of ihciu. We know, however.
that two high schools have beeuesiablished. and
that the churches have received large accessions
vemed the execution ol the process, and which ,« ",r '"''"' " ^"""'l
on the pan of her citizens ,0 uphold the execu- . f» "JJ1 I'«« J*.""»* *wM be commen,
.ions of .he law,. In our judgmen.. Ihe marshal r;;'1 ''.v ''l«™»"8 "»'" «*•■ logclbcr, and that
owes it lo the civ to which he belongs to explain ; M ",e "•"JfJ" '" '""''][ bfl
1*p''" "'
- 1,1 ■■■ ill 1 ■ «■ ' W«■•»•»•» «l»«-lill«i fi» il, ii!»li, ' anil ■ I 1 .%
the causes, whtrh will doiihllfM be satisiaetnrv
Ahby Kelly Foster—I do not talk of woman's ' W^' ran P,th" he a *ond clUzeo "r a c,iris,ian- i *f "^ nmstly narrow valleys of the most and j both hy emigration, and as the frail of rsvirals
rights, but of hum .n ritflits, the rights of human i . r °ur V* W9 nevPr con«ldB«'" ■ g"«nt species of aafO, of no earthly use hut ] ly. and the irnporU, prohablv, about the same.
^ dience to law, we recognize the only receptacle |° be consumed as fuel. |,, ihe midst of these This, however, must include a Ln-c amount of
in a man's mind forohedienc to God.—Arthur's ,r> inountaiiis, through which there is no access 1 irregular trade at places where there arc no ports
Home Gazette. but by these paattM, ami in summer and choked ' of entry, for want of merchants to conduct husi.
»>* "''ow ,l,r "W months of the year, lies a tract! ness there—African lUpositoru.
of land, elevated some four or five thousand feet • ■
beg for them, but to claim then
thai have prevented him from the discharge of
his duty before the final escape of the fugitives.
tt'unhin^ton Jhjiubtic.
Till". "SOUTHERN PRES8.'1
The LfHlMvillo Journal thus "pitches into"
the Qutker editor of the Southern PrOM :
If ihe editor of the WaabJQfflon Soulherii
Press desires tu have a personal controversy with
us. we shrill i,,ke great pleasure tu acconunndit-ing
him. We premise him in ..li.ance. ho« i i er.
that we shall not spare him. We shall show
him up from 'he lima in which he fancied him*
self a poet ;iutl wrote verv silly rhymes to ver.
Pllll ti.,1- tn the period when, finding that t ver;
one was right 10 laughing at his literary preten-sions,
he abandoned literature and made hi- de-tail
m [.i-liiies. \\ e shall show him up as a des-pised
mid defeated irVmigbguOi from the tune
when he begged the Cincinnati Damneray year
after ys.ir to nominate him lor the Legislature
up to the period win n finding i|iai lbs I Doinoora-vy
loathed him. and. intensely anxinua IWnotorie-ty,
he came out mi his own bnolt as i eandiilala
snd wns defeated as no other luckless demagogue,
was ever before defeated. We shall show that.
when Ills efforts to succeed 81 a demagogue faihl.
he faun- out Dullifief ami pntfoeaod to despise the
people whom he hail preunusly flittered and
whohadiilready spilupon him and hit jireiensions.
We shall follow him froBUhfl lime When he was
so conscientious on the subject of African ■)■**•
ty thai a spoonful of tu^r /;. his cup of eoltec
would have poisoned (hut bOVOfagsj to his palate,
or a cotton shirt would hive been as latal to him
as the tunic of NeMUt was to Hercules, up to
Ilie lime wheHi slimulated hy a hope ol gain* he
eame mil us liek-opiitle foi Southern alai enoldera;
maintaining thai freedom is daatruelivo lo all
hoblcness in man, and that negro ila very is the
hniy inaiitutinn untler which the virtiu ■■ gnaw and
(•rotluce their genial fruits. We shall give our
•ketches with nice details of pecuniary opeio-tiotM
which wi>l exhibit the ITnancial skill of the
rditor as being lullv as remarkable AS any quail*
*y he posaoses. In line, we tlutJI prove thai
the univenal verdict ol tho'-e who know him
best is true, and thai he is what they rcgan! bfm,
namely, a man thoroughly h.inkrupl in priori-pies
and the mofI mathchless of hypocrites. If
be want! a coniroversy of th's sort wiih us, we
shall take great pleasure in gratilring him. Now
just
" Whiatlo and I'll come lo you, my lad."
Southern Cotton factories, are aiopnihg as
wr!| -- those at the North. The reason assign-ed
ts III I cotton ii too high tojusntV their buying
n nut sumo ol the papers there think il rather
strange dial ractoWea where -
malignan'. abuse of the aboliiinniits of the North, j man were sexes in soul as well as in body, lie,
The greal crime he has perpetrated is his refusal i however, agreed that the restraints upon woman
to violate ihe oath which be has taken lo support, ought to be removed.
the Constitution and the l.rv-. If he would en- ] Wendell Phillips' convended that woman was
sconce hinwell under the shadow of the " higher largely responsible for her grievances. In the
law," and blacken his soul with the guilt of trea* marriage ceremony it is woman that declares sh
Inlereal of Money.
Prom a brief account in ihe April number of above the level of the sea, called the Uitt-vr IIASIN.
Hunt's Merchants* Magnzinc, relative to the o- J which furnishes the habitable part of ihe territo-
"Jj ; pinions and practice of civilized nations in res- ry. In different parts of this Basin the M«*r-
1 peci to the loaning of money, we gather the foi- mons have established their home, probably al
lowing facts. Among the (Jreeks the rates of in- firsl widi the idea that they would be cut oh*from
lerest were lelt almoal entirely free from legal all the rest of the world by the natural iliincul-interference.
In Koine, on the contrary public ^ tiei of the contiguous territory and the peculiar- ' formerly extended by this meeting, and who sub
sentiment seems to have been in favor ol legal I Sly of their situation. Here ihey expected to 1 •Oqoeillly removed from their residence at San-itiactments
against usury. Suetonius mentions form, in secrecy and in silence, the germs of a ' 'lusky. >" the Stale of Ohio, into the country be-that
Augustus stigmatized certain persons who . great, peculiar, religious empire ; but the stream ! NMaw the Missouri and Kansas rivers, had con-made
il a practice to borrow money at low rates pf California emigration discovered their trail and < eluded to relinmiisli their nationality, and to hold
and loan il at a higher. In too reign of Tiberius [ inundated their principality, and they are now i lMc'r property hereafter m severafitv; and fur-here
.was a general tumult on account of the i the open, exposed •• ha/f-way house" to the | ihermore had requested to he ndmiiied ascitizens
The Wyandots—The minutes of. the late
yearly meeting of Friends held nl Baltimore,
says :—• We have been informed from the In-dian
Hureau at Washington, that the W'vandot
tribe of Indians to whom some assistance was
son and perjury, he would at once be elevated by
the fanatics to an equality with I'red llouglass,
Guiding* and Sewora. We hope be will not die
of mortification thai he is compelled to go down
lo potterity in nompany with Clay, Webster.
Casat Dickinson and other amiiieu: patriots,
Richmond Republican.
Dr.J.
Medica
PUVPING A LAKK DRY.
V. C. Smith, tbo editor of the lioiton
Surgical Journal, who is now on a Visit
to Europe, cues an interesting description in his
editorial correspondence from Holland, ol the
manner In which the Like of Haarlem is being
drained by steam togine*, and its waters sent
lo the sea :
••Six miles from Amsterdam is |llG land lake
ol Haarlem. 'J I miles long by 11 in widlhi which.
300 years ago. was found lo be perceptibly in-creasing
by shooting its watora furth
love, honor am) obey
projndiee uf woman that were the greatest obel
clcs lo her rights.
Mn. Abbj Kelly Poster took up iho glove.
Woman is a slave, and is obedient in the pres-ence
of her master. Her whole 'if", and her
whole education was adapted to please him and
serve him like a slave Our only safety is to rc-huke
ihe oppressori snd to demand our rights.
I .n-- t. i \1..It—\l\ friend. Wemlall Phillips.
says that il is the woman in marriage who layi
thai she will ** love, honor* and obey." As I
understand il, the prietl says the words, anil she
mawcra "yea" [Laughter.) The nriealsaya
" love, honor and obey," Woman haa been
taught lo pin hei laith tn the sleeve of ihe priest.
Now, in our societyi ihere ia nothing of this: bul
perfect equality and reciprocity. It is all ihe re-sult
of education. Sometime ago, if a woman
could make a shirr, turn a pancake, and write
her name al her marriage,, she was educated.
Rut she is begining to understand that she is enti-nothing
more.
tster fhushaud
.. B -.■ - , — — "I'd* "-.
ther, and coveting up the land, threatening the UeJ *
first commercial port of the realm With obstruc Mr. Foaier [husband of Abby Ke
tionby flowing »• opoh its hanks. Various ungainly figure, mbigvv IJ.S.CM a«,l speciaeies ) . fl// o/. ;/fJl/A to bi made againai Ih.
schemes at that remote epoch were devised by tux. l-ok the platform. He proceeded to r.-n.,ik ■ M ^.,;,, M1„inilIlli„l-o;i,un|wt
av>le counsellors to stay ihe threatening danger.
Three Dutch engineers, of acknowledged ability,
proposed draining off the water, first raising it by
wind mills. They are entitled i<> remembrance
from having suggested the plan adopted in IM1>
for averting an impending calamity.
Several \ ears -.nice, d'lay being lio longer
safe, a can d WM tlug around the wnole cocnin-ference
of the lake—averaging200 reel En width,
bv Sen deep. Throe monaier engines are housed
on the sides of the I ike. s.nne six or eight miles
apart, each moving eight monstrous pmnpe, .:\!l
the pistons are ruined al once, at every revolu-tion
ol ihe machinery raiMng 15,000 gallons ol
water, which i1- eniptied into the canal, whence
ii ja hash ned -»■! by a fourth engine faater than
il would o hi i wlae move lo the Zindt r '/.••*, and
dius it reaches the sea, fifteen miles distant. In
April. I** III. the pumps, worked by three of the
mtghteal •"team engines peihaps ever conetruot-ed.
were set in motion, and up to this date, July
20th, have lowered the contents of the lake sev-en
feel. Il\ next April il is anticipated ihal the
bottom will be (airly exposed, and all the water
conveyed awaj from lhnancient baain. All thii
is executed at the expense of Uovernmerit."
that the question of woman's right to take ih
sword was irrevelant I0 ihe object of the meet-ing.
Alter a long rigmarole on woman hugging
her ebaina, be concluded by charging lhal the
■ulpii and St. Paul were responsible lor ihe en
pressure ol usury. In the lime of Pliny the
Younger, 12 per cent, per annum was apparent-ly
the usual demand. Finally the Kmperor Jus-tinian
made six per cenl. the ordinary ami legal
I HM0I "ml "?' ''!"'''""' '"'"""" "',^ T* '" '' "'I""'''1
I n t»»r ttie eonvavwiee of muiunaiimra ami mer-
I'liunts. and \'i to nautiral insurance; vinhitions
(if thrse rules being rgoioilllv puin.lictl.
The Jt'wirli law probibilw all usury between ' sjiring of lake in ilie
Jew an:l Jew. illhoogfa H was allnweil lietween ' Northern part of this It
Jew.anil loreiifiiers. The reanon of thisdlllino-tiuu,
■ cenrillnif to I-'alher AIIIIHMV«>. was, that
God detignfltl usury as one of the watt ol mo-king
war upon the Cina.nitM ami otherbe.th.0
nalions. The eanoii law, as it i* ralb-<1, |h.| is
the (•ei'lesiasiteal law, pronouneea ih. taking <>'.
interest. e\en the Inut, to he moral .in, ami uV-elares
those who ilelenil lb. praeiiee lo he here-tics.
The Jews were notfld for usurious ileal-ingsiM
early as the sixth Centura/* Th. tnon-
■reutol Buroptf when In want ol'money, would
practice the extromesi extortion am! cruelty a*
|ainal theui. tuiiuj the Jew. Maponfef to au.lt
up the money oflTteir suhjrcis, and tin n sipwez-iiiii
them into their own ceflera,
.Near Ihe begining of Ilie INlh century, llr.
Thomas Wilaoni Uiahopof Iho Isle ol Man. re
eouiimnileil ilie punishment of usury by death.
For my pan," says he, " I « ill wiah some /yi/r-
ISP li«ii r, I -.
rs ; for that
l'acific. | of Ihe United Staes. The committee appointed
This Sn.in ia some five hundred and sixt\ i lo'""at with them on the occasion, represented:
miles in diameter, has its own ay slum of lake's i' Thai the Wyandot people bu.eao fir advanced
and rivers, and has no known communication ln ei.illiatfoo as to he capable, generally. *>'
whaletcr with ihe sea, unless the existence ol the managing their own affairs, and nr" qualified and
wl|irll '" '" 'Ii" Salt Lake which are reported | calculated to beconienseful cilizeni—a large por-to
he lately discovered should prove an internal tionofihem being already engaged in ogrieullur-coniinunicatinn
with ihe Pacific or with some > n' pursuits.' In accordance with these view.,
lower country. In the ,nelr several requests were acceded to by Ihe
sis lies the (JREAT SALT government, and these Indiana have been adopted
I.AKK. The waters of this sheet r re shallow, so ' as citizens of the United States,
far as explored; though probahly ns central parts -----
will be found very deep Its waters are intense, j f;.;w »»»/.—The number of emigrant, to
ly sal., more so than the mean-three gallons the West from this section ol the country, with.
m .King one gall I the purest, whites'., and in ihe last six weeks, ha. been very great. If the
Sotilhea.i of this lake, shut in by tide of emigmt'on continues to flow on unclieck-li.
s the .!/,„/„„,, /W/ii/thaU-oii-ied, there will be but few left behind in a lew
tail.
the mourn
tains their capital city, by some ealled'the Great
Salt Lake Cilyi by others, ../,„•„,„„ Ctiu.
This valley is thirty miles by Iweiily-lwo, con-nected
lo another valley which ia about nfty
■nili. by eight. These two valh v» contai
principal body ol the sellers, to ihe iiuniber of
twenty thousand. Eiplorer. think that they are
rapahli ol supporting a population of a million.
Piflj mile, south of the city is the I'luli l.ukt
and Valley. Here lies the city of Peoro, on the
Provo river. The l..k
years.
II Norih Carolina and Virginia doifl do some
thing lor this seciion of (lod's crcafion, to .lay
the tide of .migration, a country once densely
lluj j populated will present lb. appearance ere long;
ol depopulation, The question arises, what can
-North Carolina do to keep the people in Mil. re-gion
al home—to render ihem satisfied and con-tented
with their Carolina homes I We aiurwei
give us a Kail Hrnd connection with the centra^
Rail Koad.—Milian Chronicle.
they deeerv. death much more than such men
doe. For iheee usurers deetroye and devour up.
not onlie whole lUmihes, hul also whole countries
and bring all folkc to beggary that haw- to ilo
,\ith them "
pure water, eight
mile, by four, and abounds in fish. There i. .
"M.,h"Ue,l7eV3"„>r where 'Ihe""'" *2t """"">' in ^^-rf-l., the vear ending
•^m^ -^\^^n 1 , T\"'' ' :"BI "' '»'-""''". I« sensible remarl,*
from the Mobile Register, * Democratic South-ern
paper, which went for the Nashville Conven-tion
anil gainst 'be Compromise. lie speaks
die words of soberness and truth, well worthy
the great and momentous subject :—.hhtvUtt
Mtisenaer,
century.) the rate of interest m Turkey
percent. A century later Mr. Bentha
.10 per cent, to he a common rate in ConstantIs
nople. Most of the United Stales have laws ol
a restrictive character respecting the interest of
I money. In New ^ ork the highest legal rate is
7 per cent. In Massachusetts and the other
The city is laid out in blocks of ten acres
each , eight tola to the block ; an acre and u
; the streets eiyht rods v, ide ;
k to be surrounded by a stream
New Emrland Stale . it is Ii per rent.
law ol
.is an brought down from the mountains. Ao froc
suns houtesfront each ot/ur ,• so that, standing in his
own door, every man look* into his neighbor's
garden. In the city are lour public squares, tn
be surrounded by shade trees, and supplied with
Tuebis the delightful place chosen by one of I * 10.000,000 sterling, or fl0.OOO.d0D\
the most peculi.tr religious secla which ehristeli- !
dom contains. Remote from ihe world, from I •' Woottcn Factory in Texas.—The first
the exercise of external tyranny, ami yet conneo- swollen factory in Texas is just going up on the
river. The proprie-the
coarse woollens,
The British Coal Mines.—Il is slafal, on
competent authority, lhal there arc upwards of
3000 coal mines in Great Britain, which employ
nearly 250,000 men, women, ami hoys. The
capital inyeated in working stock, Ac, exceeds
£80,000,000 Sterling or •ioO.OOO.OOO in value,
and ihe "I'd" of coal, at it ;s technically term-ed,
amounts l.>:il,0O0.O00 tOOSUSIlually, the es-timated
value of which al the '• pit's mouth" i*
In prac-intereal
is
is to cases
Hut ihe measures are upon us. The alterna-tive
of accession or resistance is a bitter one, but
il is better to bear the dis we have, than fly to
others that we know not of. We saw nothing in
secession to drive back the cordon "I Iree Stsies
that will, in process of time. Spring upon our
western frontier—nothing to bring back 10 us the
right ol colonizing B. Carolina with our negroes.
In short, we see 111 secession nothing vindicative
of Southern rights—nothing that will add one
Iota of additional security to our property in
slaves. When we talk of resistance we would
regard ii as a boms question—a question of po-licy
ami of duly. VVeowe it lo ourselves, n u-rowly
In examine our own minds, and see Ihat
1hoes feelings of resentment agamsi our wrong-doers,
which it is difficult lo suppress, find no
lodgment there, m deliberating upon a question
m which we have so momentous a concern. He
who advocates disunion should 1m prepared to
show some Stronger reasons lor il, than the abs-tract
rlglll to resist vviong. lie should be ready
to show futsily thai il can be made elleetivc, and
seooiidly thai 11 gives reasonable promise of s
remedy tor the gnsvanoas for wbion so direful a
lesort is invoked. It is not the part of a wise
statesman or politirniu to ad\ise resistance, be-cause
we have the power.
dee, however, as ail know, tin
nearly a dead letter among us. except
where the rate is stipulated. In Wisconsin a led to our greal empire. Its peculiar locality {hanka of ihe San Antonis
law has juat been p tssed (teeing Interest from "ill prove of immense service as a Slopping place IOW intend lo manufacture
tin usual limitation. Hoth branches of ihe |jeg- : for rest, refreshment, and pro. isions for the ar.uy which they will furnish ebsSpSf than they can
tslaturc have, bv decided majorities, enacted as of emigrants lhal will, year after year, seek Call- °* intDOrtOU, The San Alitonia and San .Marena
follows: "Seel. I. Any mis Of interest agreed j furuia or Oregon by the Southern Pass; and rivers abound wiih favorable Kites und an inex-greal
railway is established a will bntislible miantity o( water power.
is a great station
1/ Cmiriint.
upon by parties in contract -brill be legal and
In!. Sect. '£. When no rales ol inteiesl is agreed
upon or specified in a note or other contract, 7
per cent, per annum shall be the legal rate.**
From a letter from the Hon. W. W. Wick,
late member of Congress from Indiana, wa learn
that the usury laws having been repealed in that
Stale, their rersiablishnunt was called fur by an
irresistible opinion. The Aral stop was to fix
the rate ol Interest .. It. Atehison is here,
aixl went on board the same 'boat on which .Mr.
Beulon bad taken, psaeage, intending to return to
his home in Clo) county i.but ihe clerk lidd him
that all Ihe !>" riL- une t iken but one, and lhal
was in lha stats room occupied b\ Mr. Uenton
"The devil 11 is !" sanl \tchison ;' ihcu 1 can't
eti with you. One steamboat could not hold
7Vif Law of Conscience,—Theodore Parker
has published, in Boston, a sermon on conscience
In this discourse Air. Porker lakes the ground,
that "if it he a wrong thing to hani,' a man, or to
bike his life except in self-defence and while in
imminent peril, ilieu it is not anv less a WIOBg
because men do it in their official character, in
compliance with their oath." Parker would el-ovals
the law ol conscience and ol God fbovej ail
human law. This would be verj well, were it
not thai a fallible human pidgiueul must always
claim to interpret what thai higher law is. We
•hould have, instead of one law, as many laws
as then wen dilleieiu'es in men's minds in re-gard
to ngiii and wring. In ever) society ibere
must he one rule as to ibe rights SOdoonUUCi ol
men. and the experience of ages has shown lhal
it is always ssfssl that this rule should be ordain-ed
by competent authority. It is cm
approve ol laws, another 10 obey them
in iv form uli.it opinions be pleases In
them'.bul aa long aa they have the
Mum liatlollcn »r Uberisu
TIIK Republic of Liberia, ns its boundaries are
defined by an act of it* legislature and acknowl-edgeil
by the principal governments of Europe,
is situ iled between Int. 4^ 4V and 03 -18* north,
and between Ion. H° H' and 11° 20* west. Its
length on the sea coast, from Grand Cape Mount
on the north-west, to Grand Sesterson the south-east,
is about 2*0 miles, snd its average width
about 10 miles* It contains about 12,830
square miles, or 8,211,200 acres, and is a
little larger than .Miissachnseiies and Connecticut
together. Il would give, therefore, more than
two acres each to every colored man, woman
and child in ihe United Slates and in Liberia, na-tives
included. Nearly all of it is fit for cultiva-tion,
and capable ol feeding as iinnv persons M
there are acres cultivated. Every lamily of emi-erants,
on arriving, receives a town lot, for mer-cantile
and mechanical busim -s, or a farm sutfi-
Otent lor the suppuil ol the family ; and public
lands can be bought lor a dollar an acre.
Since the passage of the net defining ibe houn-dar'es
of the Itepiihlic. other tnicis have been
purchased, ami negotiations arc in progress fiir
others still. These additions, when completed,
will bo about half as large as the country above
described j making, say, in roond numbers, a
total of 10,000 squan miles, l2.ooo.ooo scree,
As appears b\ comparing ihe census ol 18I.I,
with die numbers added Since that tune, the c-
Cheating^—The Newbtir^port Herald says
thai American easlor oil, formerly the best arti-cle
of ihe kind in the market, and in ilemaml foi
even fore*.jU sbipmeiil. has now become almost
unsaleable, owing lo its great adulteration by the
mixture of lard oil. The consequence is. lha'
large importations of rastor oil from the Essl In-dfes
have been recently inaiJc, and more of it is
on the way. Thus cheating in trade never pros-pers.
Six years ago there were but two vessels of
any kind on Lake Superior, and not more than
one or two while families could be found within
lour hundred miles fioiii the Saut to La Poiute.
Now there are three large piopc.lers, and six or
seen ^ail vessels. i"o::r li«ht-housts have been
erected by the Government, and several thousand
inhabitants are Scattered along the coast.
Give me the money that IMS been spent in
war, and I will purchase every foot of land upon
the globe. I will clothe every man, woman and
child in an alloc of wbloh kin«*s and queens
would I e proud. I will budd a sehool house on
every bill side, and In every vnui v over the
HO ih earth i 1 will build en-aesdemy in everv
town, and endow ii; n college in < aery Stats, and
fill u with- able professors'; I will frown: avory
hill with ■ pla f worship, consecrated to the
thing io migrant population, consisting of emancipated pronuilga'iou of the Gospel ofpeaeei I win sup-ni.
A man slaves am! Iree colored people from the United port in every pulpit an able tssshsr ol righleous-n
regard In States. Africans rescued from slave traoTirs, and ness, so that nn ever} Sabbath morning ihe
uthoriiy ol. iin ir descendants, is about 0,010. The whole chime on one bill sliou nswi io thechima oa
\'i lib* would you teach to save
', Ccai one a ! sot ,.»', i''-* * •
kins/ • t both ot us, up
- l*Us*e
■ ,, [ate room ' .*•
ilie law making power,- he must.submit Id Ihe population, including natives aobject to the laws
will of ins majority; or. if Ma conseilncs is too of the Republic, i» about 100,000. Many of
So the ' tender for submission, Ii ifltrs.— I'hUa- die natives have ba pomi in some degree rivtlized.
L/r/^A/n l,.'+r. Ifstts?vai hindr»